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so I will complain freely.
My soul is very bitter,
so now I will speak.
<2> I will say to God:
'Don't just say I am guilty!
Tell me what I did wrong.
What do you have against me?
<3> Do you enjoy hurting me?
Do you enjoy ignoring me
while smiling at what evil people say?
<4> God, do you have human eyes?
Do you see things the way people do?
<5> Is your life as short as ours?
Is your life as short as a man's life?
No! [So how do you know what it's like?]
<6> You look for my wrong
and search for my sin.
<7> You know I am innocent,
but no one can save me from your power!
<8> Your hands made me
and shaped my body.
But now they are closing around me
and squeezing me to death!
<9> Remember, you molded me like clay.
Will you turn me into clay again?
<10> You poured me out like milk.
You spun me around and squeezed me
like someone making cheese.
<11> You put me together with bones and muscles,
and then you clothed me with skin and flesh.
<12> You gave me life and were very kind to me.
You cared for me and watched over my spirit.
<13> But this is what you hid in your heart.
Now I know what you were planning for me:
<14> If I sinned, you would be watching me,
so you could punish me for doing wrong.
<15> If I sin, I am guilty
and I should be cursed.
But I cannot lift up my head
even when I am innocent!
I am so ashamed and embarrassed.
<16> If I have any success and feel proud,
you hunt me down like a lion,
and show your power over me.
<17> You bring witness after witness
to prove that I am wrong.
Again and again you show your anger
as you send army after army against me.
<18> So why did you let me be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
<19> I wish I had never lived.
I wish they had carried me
from my mother's womb straight to the grave.
<20> My life is almost finished.
So leave me alone!
Let me enjoy the little time I have left,
<21> before I go to the place of no return.
that place of death and darkness.
<22> Let me enjoy the little time I have left
before I go to the place no one can see,
that place of darkness, shadows, and confusion.
In that place even the light is dark.'"
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